And no, it’s not morning smoko. It’s that time of the week or fortnight that you dread. A tedious, time-consuming process that you apply the same kind of enthusiasm to, say, a root canal or being stuck in peak-hour traffic on the way to a site. It’s payroll. And it’s painful. At the end of […]
Anyone who works in the construction industry will be all too familiar with the concept of an Enterprise Bargaining Agreement. For employees, an EBA is one of the most important documents they’ll come across in their working lives. It ensures the best hourly pay rates as well as allowances, entitlements, and better working conditions. And, […]
You likely already know the immense risks of non-compliance in the construction industry. Whether you stand to risk financial losses, reputational damage or, in the worst case scenarios, injury or even death, compliance is (or should be) at the forefront of every business owner and project manager’s mind from the very beginning. Construction is a […]
So many people, so much activity, so many moving parts – keeping track of what has happened and what has not on a building site, day after day, is impossible without a construction site diary. Memories may fade, but the details about work done, staff on site, deliveries made and delays encountered have relevance after the […]
Any subcontractor Googling ‘construction software’ or ‘construction management systems’ and then trying to work out which ones to have a look at will see the problem: there are a LOT of systems that offer the world in terms of managing construction projects. Most have a massive database and tools for head contractor-type operations, so figuring […]
Subcontractors working across multiple sites at once know the challenges they face: multiple clients and projects each with their own tasks and timelines, and having teams of workers in different places at once. Juggling staff and equipment to work with all of the moving parts is half the job itself. Any construction management system or […]
While construction projects are often big in scale – from multi-level buildings to freeways and everything in between – in reality they are made up of many small tasks being done to a plan. Generations of subcontractors have relied upon their memory and a stumpy pencil scribblings on a notepad to record the day’s happenings. […]
It’s hard to make yourself heard over the roar of an excavator, and even harder across the kilometres between the sites where your teams are working. Many businesses try to use messaging apps to keep everyone in touch, but there are big limitations in what these apps can do. A lot of information needs to […]
